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MEMURANDUM FOR THE RECORD

- SUBJECT: AMCANOE

Job # 65-535/28
File # 19-6-91
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. Vblumes: 11
1. Description:

This project concerns U.S. contacts for a resistance
group in Cuba. Support of the Unidad de Liberacion Nacional
(ULN) and their plans and efforts to overthrow CASTRO.
Principle players are:

AMCANOE-1 (201-0283570) Eduardo GARCIA: Molina

AMCANOE-2 (201-0726572) (Enrique ‘A ‘Alfredo .GARGIA | Molina)

AMCANOE-3 (201-0727185) Antonio Jose ‘RAMIREZ Mendez,

captured and. executed in Jan 64;

AMCANOE-4 {(201-0729621){ Armando “SOSA Rodriguez

aucanoz-s| (2010727186) Marcelino PEREZ Diez

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AMCANOE-6; (201-0729610) { Orlando OROPESA Perez
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AMCANOE-7 (201-0729080) Benjamin ACOSTA Valdes, captures
tried and killed by firing squad —
15 Sept 63.

AMCANOE-9 (201- ) Juan AMESTOY Dominguez, killed
‘| 29 Sept 63 in a gun battle.

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°2. Review of these files turned up the following documents:
TDCSDB-3/654-571, dated 9 May 63: Concerns efforts of
Cuban lawyer Paulino A SIERRA of Chicago to unify exiles and
an offer by Chicago businessmen to support the overthrow of CASTRO.
Memo for the Record dated 3 March 1964: a friend of
AMCANOE-1 who is a businessman and ship owner’, with interests
in a slot machine business (placing them in gambling houses) ,
placed him in contact with elements of the underwrold, through’
a former St. Louis police officer. Through the police officer
there was reportedly a tie-in with the Cosa Nostra. The latter
reportedly offered to assassim te CASTRO at a price of
$150,000 dollars. co
UFGA-15233, dated 15 April 1964: Report on a Byron
CAMERON who said that he represented an unidentified | ‘group of
persons who had made contact with two Cuban gangsters who were
willing to kill Fidel CASTRO. CAMERON reportedly was associated
with a Mr. S.W. TYLER (no identifiable traces) of Caribbean
Producer, Inc., Miami Springs, Fla., and Herbert F. JENNE (no
traces) with the firm F.A. Johnson, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
UFGA-15954, dated 11 May"1964: CAMERON mentioned
contact with unidentified group willing to assassinate selected
Cuban leaders: Fidel CASTRO, Raul CASTRO and Che GUEVARA.
CAMERON made fairly clear that the MAFIA was involved,

Jane Zerance
Researcher

